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Galician
Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese quantia, from Latin quantus (“how much, how many”) probably influenced by contar (“to count”). Cognate with Spanish cuantía.
Pronunciation
Noun
contía f (plural contías)
- sum (quantity of money)
References
- “contia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “contia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “contia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “contía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.